---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires that rehabilitation programs for female inmates in state correctional facilities be equivalent to those provided to male inmates elsewhere in the state"
description: "Requires that rehabilitation programs for female inmates in state correctional facilities be equivalent to those provided to male inmates of correctional facilities elsewhere in the state; provides that such rehabilitation programs shall include, but not be limited to, vocational, academic and industrial programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 3498"
citation: "New York S 3498 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAILEY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b15de2b-ee76-462e-83a9-a69c0b9f59a7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S3498"
source_hash: "95318ebd4d337596466e29376bf3c9467cbfe4d9d02e2066140f60ca4681d702"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 3498 (2017-2018) — Requires that rehabilitation programs for female inmates in state correctional facilities be equivalent to those provided to male inmates elsewhere in the state

Requires that rehabilitation programs for female inmates in state correctional facilities be equivalent to those provided to male inmates of correctional facilities elsewhere in the state; provides that such rehabilitation programs shall include, but not be limited to, vocational, academic and industrial programs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S3498 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3498&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S3498 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S3498)

## Votes

- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BAILEY — primary (person)
- ALCANTARA — cosponsor (person)
- AVELLA — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-23** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1870
- **2017-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2534
- **2017-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.75
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.379 `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-23** APPROVAL MEMO.8

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b15de2b-ee76-462e-83a9-a69c0b9f59a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).